Eve of Redemption Omnibus: Volumes 1-3 by Joe Jackson

Author:Joe Jackson [Jackson, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter XVI – Faces of Evil

“Ease up, she's just been poisoned,” Eli said. He closed the distance to Deirdre and Piotyr quickly, and dropped to one knee beside the fallen priestess. Piotyr looked like he couldn’t believe what he’d just heard, but Eli put a hand to Deirdre’s shoulder and met her brother’s eyes. “Trust me, I’m pretty sure I’ve felt a similar effect before, and I was able to shrug it off. Healing isn't going to help, you need to neutralize the venom first.”

Piotyr still seemed skeptical, but he ceased his healing magic, and he bit his lip as his sister’s entire body tightened in a painful spasm. He began to channel his healing magic again, but used a different sort to assist Deirdre’s body in neutralizing the poison. It took only half a minute for its effects to fully take hold, and though there was some froth around her mouth, Deirdre’s eyes opened and fixed on her brother. As Eli had promised, she was able to shake off the poison’s effects with her brother’s help, and though her body was still limp as though from an electric shock, the danger seemed to have passed.

Kari drew her swords and approached Katarina, who still held BlackWing - it had to be him, if Eli was correct and he'd poisoned Deirdre - at bay with the aura she was projecting like a pocket of heaven’s light. Kari had rarely seen a paladin manifest such power, but she knew it was a definitive sign of how far along her chosen path Katarina had come already. Barely over twenty years of age, the young woman was already showing signs of angelic strength. Kari was impressed, though at that moment, she didn’t have the time to express it. Still, in the back of her mind, she wondered if Katarina might receive an invitation to join the Avenger Order of Gnarr.

“Stay back with me,” Katarina said with authority, and her free hand came up to block Kari’s advance toward BlackWing. The young woman held BlackWing’s glare, keeping him away from her companions with the strength of will that projected the nimbus of light. After a few moments, she broke eye contact with BlackWing long enough to meet Kari’s own stare. “I…I think he’s a demon, Kari.”

“You mean he’s a full-blood?” Kari asked.

“No, not a serilian demon; I’m not sure how to explain it,” Katarina said. “My circle would not hold him at bay if he were simply a serilian-rir. He’s some sort of underworld demon, or undead, or maybe possessed by one of those two. I don’t know.”

“Zaliskower,” Kari said, and she turned an unblinking glare to BlackWing.

“What’s that?” Katarina asked.

“A vampire dragon I came across in my past life,” Kari explained. “Lord Black said he suspected BlackWing is actually a black dragon taking his form to try to take over the city. Zaliskower was a black vampire-dragon; it would make sense.”

BlackWing simply laughed, a venomous cackle that drew the attention of all those before him, but still he made no move to try to force his way through Katarina’s barrier.

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